O'Hare, Midway Prepared For Busy Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Week

Travelers check tickets and their bags with check in counters at Midway International Airport, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014., in Chicago. Airport expect busiest air travel days of the year are the Wednesday before and the Sunday following Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Both Chicago airports are prepared for a busy week. The Chicago Department of Aviation is ready to welcome around one-point-seven-million travelers to O’Hare and Midway Airports through next Monday for the historically busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend. That figure is a more than six-percent higher than the same period last year.